Project Grant SP015709

The Town of North Providence Police Department was awarded a $125,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant period runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. Funding will support the implementation of community policing strategies through collaborative partnerships between the North Providence Police Department and...

This $4,000,000 Project Grant awarded on October 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) will support the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety (RI DPS) in advancing public safety through investigations of illicit activities related to the distribution of heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil, and prescription opioids. The funding will enable RI...

The Middletown Prevention Coalition (MPC) was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The grant aims to prevent and reduce the initiation and progression of substance use disorders among youth ages 12-18, young adults, and parents in Middletown, RI and the surrounding area, which has a population of...

The City of Northampton, Massachusetts was awarded a $1,281,206 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substance Use Program (CFDA 16.838) to fund the DART (Drug Addiction Recovery Team) Enhanced Model. This 3-year initiative will provide deflection interventions at sequential intercepts zero and one across 20 communities in Western Massachusetts, including data collection and analysis to inform regional substance use disorder (SUD) efforts. Key...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to the Town Of Tiverton Police Department through the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The grant will support community policing strategies and partnerships between the Tiverton Police Department and community members from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. Key activities will include implementing organizational...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289) to the Newport County Community Mental Health Center, Inc. in Rhode Island. The grant, with a performance period from July 1, 2025 to April 30, 2027, will support the center's efforts to provide comprehensive mental health services and interventions to diverse populations in Newport County, including...

The Akron-Newstead Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition (ANDAC) received a $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The grant aims to reduce substance use prevalence among youth in the Akron-Newstead community by addressing health disparities and enhancing access to drug-free lifestyle services. ANDAC will utilize evidence-based...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), will support the co-design (R61) and testing (R33) of a novel substance use prevention program, SPARC, that will be integrated into primary care at a large Federally Qualified Health Center serving over 18,000 low-income children in New Haven, Connecticut. The $1,061,526 grant, awarded on May 15, 2025, aims to expand equitable access to...

The Rhode Island Department of Public Safety will receive $176,975 through September 2026 under a Formula Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The funding supports the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners program, which aims to increase access to evidence-based substance use disorder treatment and reduce overdose deaths. Specifically, the award will continue supporting a residential substance abuse program for adult...

This $125,000 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program under CFDA 16.710 (Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants), will support the Town of Scituate, RI in hiring and/or rehiring additional career law enforcement officers. The goal is to increase the town's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes include the town's engagement in planned community...